YouTube is back up and running after a two-hour long worldwide outage.
YouTube shared a statement on Twitter clarifying that the website is now working.
"We're back! Thanks for all of your patience. If you continue to experience issues, please let us know."
We're back! Thanks for all of your patience. If you continue to experience issues, please let us know. https://t.co/NVU5GP7Sy6 — Team YouTube (@TeamYouTube) October 17, 2018
People around the world were panicking as the video-sharing website crashed around 2.16pm.
Videos were not playing on the website and they were showing an error message asking people to return later.
Videos are not playing on the website and are showing an error message asking people to return later.
YouTube previously announced on Twitter that it was aware of the issues and was working to resolve them.
Thanks for your reports about YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music access issues. We're working on resolving this and will let you know once fixed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will keep you updated. — Team YouTube (@TeamYouTube) October 17, 2018
People took to Twitter to share their dismay during the outage.
You don’t realize how much YouTube you actually watch until the site goes down. pic.twitter.com/3r4d9FY4VN — FatboiDeV (@KlipschRVA) October 17, 2018
what the hell's happening to youtube — ヨンク~ (@itsyonk) October 17, 2018
A live map showed the YouTube outage hotspots across the United States; the northeast was hit particularly hard. It also appeared to be down for users in Australia and New Zealand.
According to Down Detector, the outage appears to have started about 2.16pm.
Rndomguytf on October 17th, 2018 at 02:11 UTC »
For a lot of people, this is the first time in their lives YouTube has not been up
The_Directors_Cut on October 17th, 2018 at 02:04 UTC »
YouTube wasn’t suitable for advertisers so they took it down.
chippinganimal on October 17th, 2018 at 01:36 UTC »
/r/youtube is having a meltdown